The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-28

united unchastity, / have never beer
guilty OF MURDER reply. you have com
united SIN worse than blasphemy worse
IMAM unchnstity, worse than theft, worse
lhnn murder. We have all committed IL
we nave by our sin recruciied the Lord
and that Is decide. And il there be any
VINO dare, to plead not guilty to the in
diclment, thcn the hosts of heaven will
be emranelcd NJ II Jury TO render q
unanimous verdict against us guilty one,
guilty all. With what saslsng stroke
that one passage cuts us away from
All our prctensions. There is none
that doeth good no, not one oh, says
some one, all we want, all the race wants,
Is development Now, want 10 tell YOU
that the racc develops without the gospel
into SodOm, Five Points, Great Salt
Lake city. II always develops downward,
and never upward, except ns the grace OF
God lays hold Of IL. What. then, is To be.
come OF our soul without Christi Banish-
mcnt. Disaster But bless NV Lord
Jesus Christ that there is a well at the gate
OF purlhcation. For great sin, great par.
don. For eighty years of transgrcssion,
an eternity Of forgiveness. For crime deep
as hell, an atonement high as heaven; that
where sin nbounded, 70 grace may much
more abound, that as sin rcigncd unto
death even 10 may grace reign through
| righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus
! Christ, our Lord. Angel of the covenant,
dip thy wing Ia this living fountain today,
aud wave it over this solemn assembling.
that our souls may hc washed in the water
Of the well OF Bethlehem, which is by the
gate
Further. remark that this well Of the
! gospel isai the gate OF comfort. DO you
know where David WAS when lac uttered
the words of the text? lie was in the cave
Of Adullam. That is where some Of you
are now. Has the world always gone
smoothly with YOU? Has il never pursued
you with SANDER Is your health always
! good Have your fortunes never persisted?
Arc your children all alive and well? Is
there one dead lamb in the fold2 Are You
| ignorant NJ the wuy Ia the cemetery; Have
! you ever heard the he'll toll when il seemed
as II every stroke oi the iron clappcr beat
your heart? Are the skies ~ bright when
! you look into them, as they used 10 bc
when other eyes, now closed used 10 look
into them? l. there some trunk or drawer
in your house that You 20 10 only ON ami
yersary days, when thcn comes beating
against your soul the surf Of great ocean
Adullan The cave of Adullam! Is there
some David here whose iathcrly heart
wayNurd Absal0m has bruken2 Is there
some Abraham here who is lonely because
Sarah is dead in the iamiy.plOt Of Ma
chcpcluh? After thirty or forty years Of
cOmpanionship how hard il was Tor them
To pirt WHY not have two seats in the
l.Ond's chariot, ~ that both the old folks
l mi tattn al al Nj a
mother in her last moment said 10 my
! father Father, wouldn't II be nice ii We
could 90 together No, no, no. We
must part. Aud there are wounded hearts
! here TODAY The world cannot comfort
YOU What can II bring YOU? Nothing.
/ Nothing. The salyr they try Ia put on
your wounds will not stick. They cannot,
with their buugling surgery, mend the
broken bones.
"Iuppar. the Naamaihilc, and Bildad.
the Shuhitc, aud Eliphaz, the Tcmaniic,
come iu, aud talk, aud talk. and talk,
but miserable comiortcrs a. they all.
They cannot pour light ~ the cave Of
Adullam. They cannot bring single
draupht ~ water from the well ui Bcthlr.
hem, which is 10y the gate But glory be-
Ia Jesus Christ, there Is comfort at the
up a promise for every man, woman and
child in this house. Ay, ! will do IL in
two minutes. | viii lay hold OF the rope
OF the old well. What is your troubled
oh, you say, ! am 80 sick, NJ weary Of
life ailments after ailments will draw
up promise. The inhabitants shall mover
sly n am sick What IL your trouble?
oh. Il il the luss of friends bcrcayrmunis,
You say. / will draw You up promise,
ir,.h nnd cool, out ol the well: i am the
resurrection and the lie; lac that bclieycth
in me, though lac were dead,
vet should hc live What Il your
tuublc7 You sy IL Is the
indrmitics oi Old agr. will draw you up
u promises Down to old AGE | nm with
thee, 90 .hoary hairs will / carry thee.
What Il your troublo1 Oh YOU siy, 4
have q widowed soul aud my children cry
ior bryad' | bring MP this promise.
Leave thy uthCrlcss Children will pn,.
serve ih,m alive, aud let thy widows trust
IN me- hrak through the armed ranks
oi your sorrow today, and bring Ia your
parhcd lip- a drink " the water Of the
well oi Bethlehem, which Is by the gate.
again, the go,pol well Il at the CATO Of
heaven. ! have not heard yet one single
Intelligent account al the future world
irum ans body who does not believe In the
l'ihlc. They thrnW such log about the
subject that do mo- want 10 20 Ia the
skcpiic's heaven, to the tfnnscendrntalist's
heaven, f. The worldly philosophers hcav-
On. ! would not exchange the poopst
nom Ia your house Tor the finest heaven
thil Huxley. or Stuart Mill, or Darwin
ever dreamed oi. Their heaven has no
Christ IN n, and heaven without Christ.
though you could sweep the whole uni
verse into II, would he "a hell. Oh. they
tell us there arc no song there. there arc
NO cnronnuons IN heaven that Il an i'm.
agInaiion. They tell us We will 10 thoro
about what We do herr, only on o. larger
scale promctiizc With clcarrr intellect,
and with alpcnsiock 20 clamcriug up over
the iCcbCrri In anctcnal vacation. Rather
than thnt, | turn to my Mhle, aud | find
Johns picture oi that good land that
heaven which was your lullaby in infancy
that heaven which our children in the
Sabbath school will sing about this after.
noon that heaven which has well at the
CATO
"AilCr You have been on n long Journey.
and you come in, an bcdusicd and tired.
20 your home, the iirt thing YOU Wantisrc.
ifcshing nhlutiou, and am glad 10 know
that after We Got through the pilgrimage Of
this world the hard, dusty piiuimapc-
We will find n well NJ the gale. In that
one wash, away will 20 our sins and sor.
rows ! DO not CaV whether chsuih. or
scuph, or my own departed friends In
that blessed land place 10 my lips the Gun.
the touch ~ that cup will be lie, will be-
hCaycnl ! was reading Of how the an.
clients sought Tor the fountain OF perpetual
youth. They thought Il they could only